Features

BiH, EU sign SAA

17/06/2008

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"The big day for Bosnia and Herzegovina has finally come, when we can remember where the country and its citizens were 13 years ago and where they are now," said High Representative in BiH Miroslav Lajcak before the signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement in Luxembourg.
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Pristina accepts UN chief's plan, Serbia rejects it

17/06/2008

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's recent plan says events in Kosovo have significant operational implications for UNMIK and that the mission must adjust to developments.
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Croatian investigative journalism under attack

13/06/2008

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A recent attack on a journalist sparks bloggers' responses regarding freedom of the press, free speech, the judicial system and the police apparatus in Croatia.
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Roundup

Diplomatic Diary: UN official in Cyprus to revive reunification talks

17/06/2008

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Efforts to relaunch reunification talks in Cyprus are under way. Also in diplomatic news: Sarajevo Mayor Semiha Borovac met with Dayton, Ohio Mayor Rhine McLin, and Turkish President Abdullah Gul visited Croatia.
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Reportage

Turkey seeks an exit strategy from headscarf crisis

16/06/2008

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After his election victory last year, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to become a "prime minister of all Turkey", but opponents accuse him of spearheading an Islamic agenda rather than moving on broadly supported liberal reforms. As the controversy threatens to engulf Turkish politics, some are urging a new consensus.
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